State of the Black Male

[AKA2D '91]

Originally Posted by ann.coulter2

* 32% of all suspended students are Black. Black students (mostly Black males) are twice as likely as Whites to be suspended or expelled.

My district far exceeds this stat, hence our corrective action mandate.

[KAPPAtivating]

Originally Posted by AKA2D '91

My district far exceeds this stat, hence our corrective action mandate.

If you do not mind me asking...what does the mandate consist of in a nutshell? What bothers me is the statistic referring to the reading levels of African American males. As a person who works with this age group daily, it is very discouraging when you find that the majority of students cannot read past an elementary level. This is a major snowball effect because if you cannot read or comprehend then you cannot answer state test questions accurately (which I find to be a joke in the first place). Things need to take place in our elementary schools to correct this problem...i.e. do away with social promotions!

[AKA2D '91]

During the '05-'06 SY, the mandate required that SPED students, who were disproportionately being suspended/expelled, had to have some type of intervention because of their "disability". Therefore, a Intervention/SPED In School suspension was established only on the HS level. This year, the program was expanded to the middle school level. Then, we are under another CAP (corrective action plan) where these same students can be suspended (out of school) for ONLY 10, yes TEN days of the school year (180 days).

At a recent meeting, it was mentioned that our district has a disproportionate amount of SPED students being arrested. I think in one month 300 students were being arrested on campus.

As I've said before, regular ed students are being discriminated against. Parents need to check out how these laws protect certain students who usually are the instigators. That's another discussion for another forum.